Ok Makers, here’s a excerpt from MAKE 07 – The Two-Can Stirling Engine by William Gurstelle. The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here are complete plans for building and operating a two-cylinder model that runs on almost any high-temperature heat source. Page 90 – Link (PDF).
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Love Stirling engines, would be interested to know how well this would would perform in reverse, applying an electric motor, would it produce much cooling?
This would be a cool project to make. However, the PDF only goes to page 93, while the instructions begin on page 94.
reynolds “Ok Makers, here’s a excerpt from MAKE 07” – excerpt (gotta get MAKE to get the entire article) — here’s a link with an additional $5 off (USA) – so that’s about 50% off!
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mikiex, yes they work in reverse. Several cryogenic coolers out there are based on Stirling Engines, and Coleman has a more conventional model.
Oh, I gotcha. Should have read it as:
Ok Makers, here’s a excerpt from MAKE 07 – “The Two-Can Stirling Engine by William Gurstelle. The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here are complete plans for building and operating a two-cylinder model that runs on almost any high-temperature heat source.“